Let us be clear, it is not the minister or his ministry, which is opposing development projects – from Vedanta to Posco or Jindal's steel or thermal plant or Nirma's cement plant. It is people, often the poorest, saying these projects will devastate their environment, their forests, which is their source of water and land and livelihood. They are saying, we are poor, but your development will make us poorer. The environmental movement of the country is being led from the bottom today. It is not in the hands of middle-class environmentalists like me.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Fix growth, not environment - The Times of India
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